Religious beliefs influence neural substrates of self-reflection in Tibetans

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Wu, Yanhong ^a,b   Wang, Cheng ^a   He, Xi ^a   Mao, Lihua ^a   Zhang, Li ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buddhist; Medial frontal cortex; Religions; Self reflection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHINA; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BUDDHISM; CHINA; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTHERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954480700     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq016     Document Type: Article

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